Fred Bavendam / Dusky Batfish (Platax pinnatus) on reef, Gili Islands, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Batfish (Platax sp) schooling, Red Sea, Egypt

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) trio, Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) trio, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) trio, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Alex Mustard / Group of Circular spadefish (Platax orbicularis) gather at a cleaning station beneath a table coral (Acropora sp.) on a coral reef. Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Pinnate batfish (Platax pinnatus), with soft corals including Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.), in mangroves (Rhizophora sp.). Mangrove roots encrusted with tunicates. Yanggefo Island, Raja Ampat, West...

Linda Pitkin / Pinnate batfish (Platax pinnatus), on coral reef beneath mangroves (Rhizophora sp.). Mangrove roots encrusted with tunicates (including Didemnum sp.), and soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.). Yanggefo Isl...

Chris Newbert / Batavian Batfish (Platax batavianus) juvenile, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Batfish / Spadefish (Platax sp) portrait, West Papua, Indonesia.

Birgitte Wilms / Orbiculate Batfish (Platax orbicularis) juvenile, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Juvenile batfish / spadefish (Platax sp.) against black background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Juvenile batfish / spadefish (Platax sp.) against black background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Fred Bavendam / Dusky Batfish (Platax pinnatus) on reef, Gili Islands, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Dusky Batfish (Platax pinnatus) trio on reef, Gili Islands, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) juvenile, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira), Bali, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school underwater, Kimbe Bay, Papau New Guinea

Norbert Wu / Batfish (Platax sp) juvenile will change shape as it becomes adult, Palau

Chris Newbert / Orbiculate Batfish (Platax orbicularis) portrait, Palau

Norbert Wu / Jellyfish (Cephea cephea) common in the Indo-Pacific, shows juvenile Filefish (Monacanthidae) and Batfish (Platax sp) hiding within, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar

Chris Newbert / Orbiculate Batfish (Platax orbicularis) juvenile, with raindrops hitting the waters surface in background, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) juvenile in Tape Seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) 10 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Fred Bavendam / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school swimming though open water, Kimbe Bay, Papau New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school swimming through open water, Kimbe Bay, Papau New Guinea

Doug Perrine / Shoal of Batfish / Spadefish {Platax sp} Sipadan Is, Borneo, Malaysia (Non-ex).

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Longfin spadefish, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Spadefish {Platax sp} Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific

Pete Oxford / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) school, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Batfish (Platax sp) juvenile, changes shape when adult, Palau

Alex Mustard / Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) and sponges (unidentified) growing beneath an overhang, with a shoal of Longfin batfish (Platax teira) behind, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Ceram Sea, Pacific Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Batfish (Platax sp) with schooling baitfish. Christmas Rock, Noonu Atoll, Maldives.